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Vernon School District

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At a glance

97^thof 153 Connecticut districts▲ 1

Better than 36% of Connecticut districts

Elementary 5 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

30 Park Street Box 600
Vernon, CT 06066·(860) 870-6000·All Connecticut district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 36.6% of districts

Schools

3,181

Students

Top rankedNortheast School180^th of 492 Connecticut elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Maple Street School up 52 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Maple Street School 9.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

2★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Vernon School District serves roughly 3,181 students across seven schools in Vernon, CT—five elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school—with an overall 2-star rating that masks big differences between schools. Among the elementary schools, Northeast School stands out as the strongest performer, ranking in the 63rd percentile despite a 63.2% poverty rate; it posts excellent 5th grade scores (77.4% ELA, 64.5% math) and was the district’s only 4-star school last year. Lake Street School has the best attendance (4.3% chronic absenteeism) and strongest science scores (68.2% NGSS), while Skinner Road School shows consistent math strength across grades. Center Road School and Maple Street School trail the pack, with Maple Street having the highest poverty (76.2%) and the lowest elementary rank.

The district’s biggest success story is Vernon Center Middle School, which now beats the state average in every grade for both ELA and math—a dramatic turnaround from being below state in all math grades just a year earlier. It also spends the least per student ($16,057), making it an efficiency standout. The weak link is Rockville High School, where only 23.8% of 11th graders are proficient in SAT math, and ELA (48.9%) and science (40.0%) also fall below state averages. Its graduation rate of 90.5% is slightly under the state’s 91.2%, and its ranking has slipped over recent years.

Poverty does not fully explain outcomes—Northeast thrives with high need, while Maple Street struggles with even higher need. Spending also doesn’t align with results: Northeast spends the most, but Maple Street spends nearly as much with weaker outcomes, and the middle school gets strong results on the least funding. Elementary attendance is excellent, but chronic absenteeism jumps to 16.4% at the middle school. The district’s clear opportunities are high school math, middle school attendance, and consistent elementary science, while its strengths are early-grade attendance, middle school math growth, and bright spots in high-poverty elementary schools.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NGSS Science (2026)			SAT English Language Arts (2026)	SAT Math (2026)	SBAC English Language Arts (2026)						SBAC Mathematics (2026)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSS Science 5th Grade	NGSS Science 8th Grade	NGSS Science 11th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Math 11th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Center Road School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 Center Rd.	Vernon	06066	Capitol Planning Region	Vernon School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 870-6300	443	41	10.8	51.0%	224 (50.6%)	54 (12.2%)	104 (23.5%)	22 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.8%)	47.2	262^nd of 492 public elementary schools	46.7%		38.9	284^th of 493 public elementary schools	42.4%	22	47.5					57.8	41.6	60.7				54.7	42.9	49.2				$20,164
Lake Street School	Public	K-5	201 Lake St.	Vernon	06066	Capitol Planning Region	Vernon School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 870-6085	235	22	10.5	42.1%	139 (59.1%)	9 (3.8%)	42 (17.9%)	22 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.8%)	61.3	218^th of 492 public elementary schools	55.7%		66.3	193^rd of 493 public elementary schools	60.9%	25	68.2					2425.0	59.5	63.6				46.2	48.6	63.6				$22,246
Maple Street School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 Maple St.	Vernon	06066	Capitol Planning Region	Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 870-6175	256	27	9.4	76.2%	85 (33.2%)	31 (12.1%)	88 (34.4%)	8 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (17.2%)	41.5	281^st of 492 public elementary schools	42.9%		27.8	333^rd of 493 public elementary schools	32.5%	52	498.0					48.9	45.1	56.8				40.0	41.2	52.6				$22,648
Northeast School	Public	PK, KG-5	69 East St.	Vernon	06066	Capitol Planning Region	Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 870-6080	261	23	11.2	63.2%	113 (43.3%)	24 (9.2%)	69 (26.4%)	25 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (11.1%)	69.8	180^th of 492 public elementary schools	63.4%		75.2	145^th of 493 public elementary schools	70.6%	35	516.0					51.5	66.7	77.4				63.6	59.5	64.5				$21,033
Rockville High School	Public	9-12	70 Loveland Hill	Vernon	06066	Capitol Planning Region	Vernon School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 870-6050	995	82	12.1	52.6%	528 (53.1%)	110 (11.1%)	226 (22.7%)	50 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (7.8%)								(n/a)			40.0															$19,671
Skinner Road School	Public	PK, KG-5	90 Skinner Rd.	Vernon	06066	Capitol Planning Region	Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 870-6180	340	31	10.8	52.6%	124 (36.5%)	37 (10.9%)	86 (25.3%)	59 (17.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.7%)	66	196^th of 492 public elementary schools	60.2%		68.7	179^th of 493 public elementary schools	63.7%	17	503.0					55.8	65.8	61.5				65.4	2527.0	56.4				$20,803
Vernon Center Middle School	Public	6-8	777 Hartford Tpke.	Vernon	06066	Capitol Planning Region	Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 870-6070	651	64	10.1	60.7%	321 (49.3%)	67 (10.3%)	173 (26.6%)	33 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (8.6%)	60.6	100^th of 258 public middle schools	61.2%		55.2	109^th of 252 public middle schools	56.7%	9		52.9							51.4	62.6	59.8				47.4	50.5	43.3	$19,346

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.

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